To study emotional trauma is to examine the human decisions which are based upon our painful thoughts and memories. How decisions are made will determine how well we weather the storm of emotional trauma. We can decide to allow the emotions to consume our lives, or we can forge a new path through the pain.
A decision is often the result of several years, if not decades of human experience. A conclusion based upon inner thoughts and emotions can perpetuate them. It's important to examine the basis of a decision and decipher whether it comes from concrete facts, or, if it's based upon emotions (which can distort thinking). Deciding that there has been suffering, therefore there will be more, represents a thinking process that should be flagged, examined, and overcome. The fact that there has been suffering doesn't mean there will be more, just as rolling a seven doesn't increase the chances of rolling it the next time. Emotional trauma doesn't have to be forever if the decision is made to analyze it, find its source, and create new ways of seeing it.
I examined myself and was able to trace the trail of my thoughts and emotions, unraveling the basis of my thoughts and decisions. This allowed me to think differently about the emotional trauma. You can too. In chapter one I wrote: "...This allowed my thoughts to become a choice, regardless of the mental pictures, images, and feelings echoing from the past..."
The above is very important in the world. We must analyze the way people think and make decisions. A friend may feel resentment when we don't listen to them, and be patient for years, only to lash out unexpectedly. Sometimes actions take years to take root, but the wise will anticipate the decisions before they're made, and proceed thoughtfully. To overcome emotional trauma is to become tuned in to what leads to actions and decisions, for as the anatomy of our bodies are the same, so is the logic of our thoughts!
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- I believe that I can speak about emotional trauma, especially PTSD, in a unique way and give voice to those who may find it difficult to articulate what it's like to be emotionally traumatized. I had the experience of being put in the hospital at the age of two due to being ill with encephalitis. Ironically, encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain, and it was my brain that I needed to use to escape the horrible things that would subsequently happen to me. I was severely emotionally damaged at the age of two by what I believe to be the EEG that the doctors gave me. They put wires on my head and weren't nice about it. The trauma from the hospital experience incubated in my mind until I was seventeen years old. It was at that time that things got ugly. Images and feelings from the hospital popped in and out of my mind. I developed techniques to stabilize my mental state and then to ultimately overcome the emotional trauma. I did this without going for help or talking to anyone. I only kept a journal, "My only friend." If you'd like to learn more, you can go to my website, THE MIRACLE INSIDE MY MIND.
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